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FAQs about Newswrap:How many episodes does Newswrap have?The podcast currently has 5,788 episodes available.
September 18, 2016Housing policy group expresses surprise over CY Leung’s involvement in Wang Chau housing projectA housing policy group, Land Watch, has expressed surprise as to why the Chief Executive, CY Leung, chaired a task force on a plan to build public housing flats at Wang Chau in Yuen Long. Its chairman, former legislator Lee Wing-tat, says it seems a tr......more6minPlay
September 18, 2016Hong Kong’s air quality has improved ‘somewhat’The Chief Executive Officer of Clean Air Network, Patrick Fung, says Hong Kong’s air quality has improved over the past two years. But he says when compared with two decades ago, nothing much has changed. His comments came after the government reminded......more3minPlay
September 14, 2016‘Secret talks’ confirm earlier suspicions, says Edward YiuNewly elected lawmaker Edward Yiu says informal talks between the government and rural leaders on the Wang Chau housing project confirm earlier suspicions about collusion in the New Territories. Those suspicions were earlier articulated by another newl......more6minPlay
September 14, 2016Local journalists will continue reporting in Wukan, says HKJAThe vice-chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, Shirley Yam, says it’s the responsibility of local journalists to continue reporting on protests in the Guangdong village of Wukan. She said the treatment of five local journalists who were......more3minPlay
September 14, 2016UK to have national security test for infrastructureBritain has given the all-clear to a controversial new nuclear power plant project at Hinkley Point, but has set new conditions to address concerns about China’s involvement in the project. Approval for the project – in which China has a one-third stak......more5minPlay
September 13, 2016Government plan for Yuen Long site does not make senseMembers of the Wang Chau Concern Group says the government’s plan for a site in Yuen Long, slated for the construction of 17,000 public housing flats, does not make sense. One of its member, Labour Party lawmaker Fernando Cheung, says the administratio......more5minPlay
September 13, 2016Oxfam Hong Kong expresses concern over falling wages for womenOxfam Hong Kong says the wages for women in low-income groups are falling because many of them are forced to take on part-time jobs in order to allow time to look after their families. The head of the group’s Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Programme, Kali......more4minPlay
September 13, 2016China might be trying to influence Australian political partiesRTHK’s Australia correspondent, Gerry Gannon, says the country’s Labor Party and the Liberal Party are equally culpable of accepting money from foreign interests, particularly China. He says the Chinese pumped $5.5 million into the two parties between ......more5minPlay
FAQs about Newswrap:How many episodes does Newswrap have?The podcast currently has 5,788 episodes available.